Tag Archives: birds

White Pelicans on the Yellowstone River

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Monica

Perfect Timing  Harmony, technique beauty, grace – Team Pelican captures fishing gold

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Earth Eon

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Monica

Wings of Butterflies  Into the bodies of birds into the wings of butterflies into amphibian membranes into water that should be life-sustaining leaches our chemical legacy fruit of our need for perfection for the manicured landscape fruit of our impatience … Continue reading →

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Rhapsody in WordPress

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Monica

Rhapsody in WordPress If we were to meet I might not know your faces but I would recognize your hearts a belated valentine

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Northern Flicker, reprised/Mr. Robin

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Monica

I saw two flickers in the birdbath today, both looking quite robust. Very happy to see them.  Here is a picture of one through window and screen, not very good.  But it gives you an idea.  Bird bathers have to … Continue reading →

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Northern Flicker

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Monica

This wasn’t the poem I was going to post, but a beautiful flicker just banged into my window.  It wasn’t too bad a bang, and he flew off to the apple tree, looking somewhat stunned.  I hope he’s OK and … Continue reading →

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Shake It Off/Chirp To It/Rufous

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Monica

My acupuncturist tells me to “shake it off, like a dog”.  A dog gets up, shakes himself and whatever is bothering him off, and gets on with his day.  I think about this a lot, too. An incident at our … Continue reading →

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